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Uttarakhand directive: More trees and more fruit mean less monkeys!
By Paritosh Kimothi
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Dehradoon - The Uttarakhand Forest and Rural Development
Commissioner has directed the Compensatory Afforestation
Management & Planning Authority (CAMPA), Uttarakhand
chief executive officer to facilitate plantation of fruit
trees in forests to mitigate the human-monkey conflict in
the State with CAMPA funds.
However, talking to The Pioneer, the FRDC Vinita Kumar
said that she had not been officially informed by the
Forest department about its plan to sterilise monkeys.
This is surprising considering the fact that the
department plans to tackle monkey menace mainly through
sterilisation by setting one centre each in Kumaon and
Garhwal at a cost of Rs one crore. The sterilisation plan
is opposed by wildlife activities and People For Animals
members who had pointed out that this method had failed
to resolve the human-simian conflict in Delhi and
Himachal Pradesh.
Dumping of waste in the open, shortage of fruit trees in
forests and increasing human settlements continue to fuel
the conflict between humans and monkeys in Uttarakhand.
In the letter written to Uttarakhand CAMPA CEO Vijay
Kumar, the FRDC has directed him to use CAMPA funds for
growing fruit trees in villages and settlements near
forests which are affected by the presence of simians.
Wild bananas, berries, goose berries, jujubes and other
fruits should be grown in such forests so that monkeys
find enough food within the forests and avoid venturing
into human settlements in search of food. The department
has also been directed to grow fodder around villages and
inform the Uttarakhand Livestock Development Board about
areas where this work is started so that the ULDB can
finalise its work plan on the basis of this information.
PFA Uttarakhand member secretary and Animal Welfare Board
of India co-opted member Gauri Maulekhi welcomed the
instructions of the FRDC, stating that planting fruit
trees in forests is a more effective method to mitigate
the monkey menace compared to sterilisation. It will be
recalled that Lok Sabha MP and PFA chairperson Maneka
Gandhi had also criticised the Uttarakhand Forest
department's plan for constructing centres for
sterilising monkeys to mitigate human-monkey conflict,
calling it an ill-conceived plan.
Activists state that sterilisation of simians results in
the deaths of thousands of monkeys and since it breaks up
groups, it will actually increase the number of monkeys
in the cities and in people's homes across the State.
They fear that execution of such plans could actually
decrease the tree cover in Uttarakhand by 20 per cent
because the simians play an important role in seeding.
Though activists still oppose the sterilisation of
monkeys they have welcomed the FRDC's instructions to
plant fruit trees in forests. It now remains to be seen
whether her directions are followed effectively or
relegated to official files.
More at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com•/nation/64184-uttarakhand-directive-more-trees-and-more-fruit-mean-less-monkeys.html
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By Paritosh Kimothi
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Dehradoon - The Uttarakhand Forest and Rural Development
Commissioner has directed the Compensatory Afforestation
Management & Planning Authority (CAMPA), Uttarakhand
chief executive officer to facilitate plantation of fruit
trees in forests to mitigate the human-monkey conflict in
the State with CAMPA funds.
However, talking to The Pioneer, the FRDC Vinita Kumar
said that she had not been officially informed by the
Forest department about its plan to sterilise monkeys.
This is surprising considering the fact that the
department plans to tackle monkey menace mainly through
sterilisation by setting one centre each in Kumaon and
Garhwal at a cost of Rs one crore. The sterilisation plan
is opposed by wildlife activities and People For Animals
members who had pointed out that this method had failed
to resolve the human-simian conflict in Delhi and
Himachal Pradesh.
Dumping of waste in the open, shortage of fruit trees in
forests and increasing human settlements continue to fuel
the conflict between humans and monkeys in Uttarakhand.
In the letter written to Uttarakhand CAMPA CEO Vijay
Kumar, the FRDC has directed him to use CAMPA funds for
growing fruit trees in villages and settlements near
forests which are affected by the presence of simians.
Wild bananas, berries, goose berries, jujubes and other
fruits should be grown in such forests so that monkeys
find enough food within the forests and avoid venturing
into human settlements in search of food. The department
has also been directed to grow fodder around villages and
inform the Uttarakhand Livestock Development Board about
areas where this work is started so that the ULDB can
finalise its work plan on the basis of this information.
PFA Uttarakhand member secretary and Animal Welfare Board
of India co-opted member Gauri Maulekhi welcomed the
instructions of the FRDC, stating that planting fruit
trees in forests is a more effective method to mitigate
the monkey menace compared to sterilisation. It will be
recalled that Lok Sabha MP and PFA chairperson Maneka
Gandhi had also criticised the Uttarakhand Forest
department's plan for constructing centres for
sterilising monkeys to mitigate human-monkey conflict,
calling it an ill-conceived plan.
Activists state that sterilisation of simians results in
the deaths of thousands of monkeys and since it breaks up
groups, it will actually increase the number of monkeys
in the cities and in people's homes across the State.
They fear that execution of such plans could actually
decrease the tree cover in Uttarakhand by 20 per cent
because the simians play an important role in seeding.
Though activists still oppose the sterilisation of
monkeys they have welcomed the FRDC's instructions to
plant fruit trees in forests. It now remains to be seen
whether her directions are followed effectively or
relegated to official files.
More at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com•/nation/64184-uttarakhand-directive-more-trees-and-more-fruit-mean-less-monkeys.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
o o o
About the terrorist Goon Squad:
"Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
<KalluM...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
telling others what and when to post, where to post and
where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
<us...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <jos...@gmail.com> who
displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com
The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
favorite now is "fana...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
from "fan...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
many years. -Updated on February 2, 2012-
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for the educational purposes of research and open
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